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42:. He concerned himself mainly with statistical evidence, seldom venturing into the realm of pure theory. His empirical study of the mortality of the poor under the Poor Laws (1824, lost) suggested that contrary to the classical doctrines, the lot of the poor had improved under the operation of this system. "We shall regard the benificent principle of legislative relief, when divested of its incidental vices, as a most useful auxiliary to our endeavors for raising the condition of the labouring classes," he wrote. 324: 34:(1755–1789) and Elizabeth Horne (1760–1833). Throughout his career, his primary concern was poverty. "The poor grow more miserable as the rich grow more wealthy," he wrote in 1846. While he praised the classical school, he disagreed with it on the two pressing policy issues of the day, supporting the continuation of both the 96:
In Defence of the Corn Laws, or An Inquiry into the Expediency of the Existing Restrictions on the Importation of Foreign Corn with Observations on the Present Social and Political Prospects of Great Britain
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Barton was one of the founders of Birkbeck College, then called the London Mechanics' Institution. He may have been a member of the
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An Inquiry into causes of the Progressive Depreciation of Agricultural Labour in Modern Times with Suggestions for its Remedy
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Barton married first Ann Woodrouffe Smith in 1811; she died in 1822. His second wife was Fanny, daughter of James Rickman.
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Hutchison, T.W. Economic Writings of John Barton (1789-1852), The Economic Journal, Vol. 75, No. 298, Jun., 1965
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Sotiroff, G., A Newly Discovered Manuscript of John Barton, The Economic Journal, Vol. 63, No. 251, Sep., 1953
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with regard to the effect of new machinery on wages, unemployment, and national income; the chapter
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Observations on the Circumstances which Influence the Condition of the Labouring Classes of Society
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Observations on the Circumstances which Influence the Condition of the Labouring Classes of Society
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Samuelson, Paul, Ricardo Was Right!, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 91, No. 1, Mar., 1989
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Marx, Karl, Theories of Surplus Value, Progress publishers, Moscow, 1968. Ch. 18.B.1
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Poor Laws
Corn Laws
David Ricardo
Principles of Political Economy and Taxation
London Statistical Society
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"Chrono-Biographical Sketch: John Barton"
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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